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The Four New Labour Codes: Breakthrough or New Risks for Workers?

The Four New Labour Codes: Breakthrough or New Risks for Workers?

India’s four new Labour Codes promise to simplify complex regulations and expand protections, but from a worker’s perspective they raise as many questions as they answer. The reform will simplify the process of compliance and

Union Rights vs Anti-Union Laws: A Global Overview of Worker–Employer Power Balance

Union Rights vs Anti-Union Laws: A Global Overview of Worker–Employer Power Balance

The relationship between workers and employers has remained highly disparate in the world due to the presence of union rights and anti-union laws. The workers have meaningful voice at work in some countries with high

Women’s Night-Shift and Safety Rights

Women’s Night-Shift and Safety Rights

Women who work on the night shift are an essential component of the health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and IT industries and other directions, but they are also more exposed to the threats of safety, transport,

New Labour-Law Overhaul in India: What It Means for Informal, Gig, and Migrant Workers

New Labour-Law Overhaul in India: What It Means for Informal, Gig, and Migrant Workers

The new labour-law overhaul in India is meant to streamline and modernize a patchwork system with dozens of laws being combined into four broad labour codes. This may theoretically lead to more workers (both informal,

Tea Garden Workers Get Land Rights — How Land Ownership Could Change Labour Justice in Rural India

Tea Garden Workers Get Land Rights — How Land Ownership Could Change Labour Justice in Rural India

Decades after decades, tea garden laborers in India have worked and lived in the farms without owning the land the houses are built on and as a result, they are at the mercy of the

From Brick Kilns to Tech Startups: India’s Contract Workers Need Fair Legal Protection

From Brick Kilns to Tech Startups: India’s Contract Workers Need Fair Legal Protection

The economic growth of India has been supported by a labor force that is rather silent and unguarded. Millions of workers work on the national development without permanent jobs in scorching brick kilns and construction

What Is Constructive Dismissal? When Leaving Your Job Is Actually Legal Dismissal by Employer

What Is Constructive Dismissal? When Leaving Your Job Is Actually Legal Dismissal by Employer

Constructive dismissal happens when an employee resigns because working conditions become so unbearable that leaving is effectively the only reasonable option. Although the employee provides a resignation, the law can consider the circumstances to be

Misconceptions About Worker Rights: Debunking Myths and Empowering Employees

Misconceptions About Worker Rights: Debunking Myths and Empowering Employees

Most employees are not fully aware of their rights, they base their claims on rumors or rules pertaining to their work place, which may not actually be true and legal. That is not in the

Heat Stress & Outdoor Workers: Are Labour Laws Ready for Climate Crisis?

Heat Stress & Outdoor Workers: Are Labour Laws Ready for Climate Crisis?

Heat stress is a growing occupational health burden to 1.6 billion outdoor workers in the world, and temperatures are expected to cost 259 billion labor hours a year in India alone and heat-related mortality is

The Ethics of Unpaid Internships: Fair Opportunity or Modern Exploitation?

The Ethics of Unpaid Internships: Fair Opportunity or Modern Exploitation?

Previously viewed as a step towards a career, unpaid internships are being criticized as exploitative in 2025, with 30.8-58.1% of the internships being unpaid and disproportionately targeting low-income and first-generation students. The protests of the